殺身

See also: 杀身

Chinese

		to kill; to murder; to slaughter	body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit
trad. (殺身)		殺	身
simp. (杀身)		杀	身

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): shāshēn

  (Zhuyin): ㄕㄚ ㄕㄣ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): saat³ san¹
• Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): sat-sin

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: shāshēn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄚ ㄕㄣ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: shashen
    • Wade–Giles: sha¹-shên¹
    • Yale: shā-shēn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shashen
    • Palladius: шашэнь (šašɛnʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʂä⁵⁵ ʂən⁵⁵/
    • Homophones:

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: saat³ san¹
    • Yale: saat sān
    • Cantonese Pinyin: saat⁸ san¹
    • Guangdong Romanization: sad³ sen¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /saːt̚³ sɐn⁵⁵/
• Southern Min
  • (Hokkien)
    • Pe̍h-ōe-jī: sat-sin
    • Tâi-lô: sat-sin
    • Phofsit Daibuun: satsyn
    • IPA (Xiamen): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Quanzhou): /sat̚⁵⁻²⁴ sin³³/
    • IPA (Zhangzhou): /sat̚³²⁻⁵ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Taipei): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/
    • IPA (Kaohsiung): /sat̚³²⁻⁴ sin⁴⁴/

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• Middle Chinese: sreat syin

Rime
Character	殺	身
Reading #	2/2	1/1
Initial (聲)	生 (21)	書 (26)
Final (韻)	山 (75)	眞 (43)
Tone (調)	Checked (Ø)	Level (Ø)
Openness (開合)	Open	Open
Division (等)	II	III
Fanqie	所八切	失人切
Baxter	sreat	syin
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang Shangfang	/ʃˠɛt̚/	/ɕiɪn/
Pan Wuyun	/ʃᵚæt̚/	/ɕin/
Shao Rongfen	/ʃæt̚/	/ɕjen/
Edwin Pulleyblank	/ʂəɨt̚/	/ɕin/
Li Rong	/ʃɛt̚/	/ɕiĕn/
Wang Li	/ʃæt̚/	/ɕĭĕn/
Bernard Karlgren	/ʂat̚/	/ɕi̯ĕn/
Expected Mandarin Reflex	sha	shēn
Expected Cantonese Reflex	saat3	san1

• Old Chinese

  (Baxter–Sagart): /*s<r>at  n̥i[ŋ]/

  (Zhengzhang): /*sreːd  qʰjin/

Baxter–Sagart system 1.1 (2014)
Character	殺	身
Reading #	1/2	1/1
Modern Beijing (Pinyin)	shā	shēn
Middle Chinese	‹ srɛt ›	‹ syin ›
Old Chinese	/*s<r>at/	/*n̥i[ŋ]/
English	kill	body; self
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter–Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; * Square brackets "[]" indicate uncertain identity, e.g. *[t] as coda may in fact be *-t or *-p; * Angle brackets "<>" indicate infix; * Hyphen "-" indicates morpheme boundary; * Period "." indicates syllable boundary.

Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character	殺	身
Reading #	2/2	1/1
No.	11010	11247
Phonetic component	杀	身
Rime group	月	眞
Rime subdivision	2	1
Corresponding MC rime	殺	申
Old Chinese	/*sreːd/	/*qʰjin/
Notes		甲金文象人鼓其腹， 表其身有孕，非申聲

Verb

殺身

1. (literary) to be killed; to lose one's life

Derived terms

• 殺身之禍／杀身之祸 (shāshēnzhīhuò)
• 殺身成仁／杀身成仁 (shāshēnchéngrén)